If you have a Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop 7.x environment and enabled the legal notice and you are seeing the legal notice being displayed in a window with scrollbars here’s the solution.
On the XenApp/XenDesktop machines add these registry keys: Continue reading “Citrix and Server 2012 legal notice scrollbar”
Citrix has released a new CTX article describing the support for VMWare vSphere 6.0 and their software stack.
Check this article for the latest support for the various Citrix Software: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200969
When you want to install the bare essentials of the XenDesktop/XenApp 7.6 Virtual Desktop Agent you can use the command line switch /EXLCUDE to install only the bare minimum of the VDA agent.
The following KB article lists the 4 components which can be excluded using the XenDesktopVDASetup.exe /EXCLUDE command.
Continue reading “XenDesktop/XenApp 7.6 VDA agent exclude options”
Today I needed my XenApp 6.5 server to check something in my lab and I wasn’t able to run the discovery of my XenApp farm. I checked the services and they were running fine (IMA, MFCOM etc). In the event log however I saw these nice messages: Continue reading “Citrix XenApp failed to connect to the Data Store.”
With the upcoming release of XenDesktop/XenApp 7.6 Citrix has released an overview of the features available per license model:
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| XenApp published apps (Server-based hosted apps) can be deployed on 5 generations of Windows operating systems, enabling secure access to Windows apps on any type of device including iOS, Android, Mac and Windows devices for on-demand access from anywhere, lets users focus on work. |  |
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| XenApp published desktops are low-cost, locked-down virtual desktops that provide the flexibility and mobility benefits of desktop virtualization while maximizing IT control through enhanced security and simplified management. | |
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| VDI desktops offer maximum user personalization of a persistent Windows virtual desktop that can be fully customized to meet the needs of your most-demanding users. | |
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| VDI with Personal vDisk pairs the maximum user personalization benefits of VDI with the storage optimizations and administrative efficiencies of single image management to deliver a desktop virtualization solution that meets the needs of both users and IT admins. | |
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| Server VDI enables enterprises and service providers the ability to deliver to an individual user a single session, server-based virtual desktop from the cloud. | |
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| Hosted physical desktops enable high performance remote access to physical desktops securely protected in the datacenter for optimal data protection, especially beneficial for graphically intensive applications that run best on a native OS that has direct access to the physical desktop hardware. | |
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| Remote PC Access (with Wake On LAN) instantly delivers desktop virtualization benefits without the need to migrate desktops to the datacenter by providing users with a secure, high-definition, direct connections to their office PCs. | |
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| Offline client virtualization (XenClient Enterprise)extends the benefits of desktop virtualization to people who need to work from anywhere including offline, by enabling them to work in a disconnected state thereby extending use case flexibility. | |
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| DesktopPlayer for Mac (Add-on*) extends the benefits of XenDesktop to MacBook users, enabling them to run Windows desktops on a Mac whether they are online, offline, or even experiencing a slow or intermittent network connection. End users gain freedom while IT gains control by centrally managing Windows virtual desktops deployed to corporate and BYO MacBooks.
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| VM hosted apps ease Windows OS transitions and overcome application compatibility challenges in a multi-user, server environment. | |
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| Pre-launch technology creates a local-like app launch experience by expediting the session creation process. With pre-launch, a session waits for the user in an active or disconnected state, enabling quick, instant-on app access to an already active app session making for a fast and local-like app launch experience. Pre-launch configurations have been improved on the FMA platform, making it simple to configure from the Citrix Studio management console.
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| Session linger keeps the user session open after the user closes the app, to provide a quick app reconnect or enable the user to open a new app without repeating the logon process. Admin-configurable time-based policy automatically releases a license consumed by a pre-launched and lingering session to improve license management.
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| Unauthernticated user (anonymous logon) enables administrators to authenticate users at the applications. Employees get instant, unauthenticated access to a single app while access to other, more personalized apps such as email remains authenticated. | |
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| Support for USB 3.0 devices with automatic drive mapping and redirection provide users a plug-n-play capability with the latest web cams, microphones, headsets and other peripherals to enhance the user experience within published app sessions. | |
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For more comparison tables check out this link.
Citrix has released HRP02 for XenApp 6.5 for Windows Server 2008R2 end of June. This Rollup Pack packs a lot of fixes which have been released after the release of Rollup Pack 01.
Download
You can download the HRP02 here.
This hotfix rollup pack replaces the following hotfixes:
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Citrix has released a cool overview about the features and entitlements around the new XenDesktop 7 version which is going to be released.
Check the other matrix overviews here at the Citrix webpage.
This hotfix is a direct result of a case I worked for with my customer and when I searched the internet I saw a lot of people with the same issue and all kinds of different workarounds. It’s the issue with the ctxsta.conf file not updating the unique STAID in this file at startup of a provisioned XenApp 6.5FP1 server. This can result in a lot of problems when using the server as a STA for your Access Gateway to resolve your applications and let users launch applications through a CAG.
Well guys, this is the fix that clears all workarounds 
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Install this limited hotfix and the STA will get configured correctly with your provisioned XenApp 6.5FP1 servers. No need for auto delay start the XML service or scripts running at startup of your server.
You will need to logon with your My CitrixID to download the hotfix.
Download the hotfix here.
Also this KB article has been updated to reflect this new limited hotfix.
Hope you all agree with me that this is at last the fix you have been waiting for a long time for…
Leave a comment if you like this :).
Ever noticed that on a 2008 print server you install a HP LaserJet 4xxx driver on it but when you open the properties page of the printer you still get the error that the driver wasn’t installed and if you want to install it? I’ve run into it while working on a Citrix Universal Print Server issue and a colleague pointed this out to me (thanks to Kristof Peeters).
Continue reading “Error HP driver not found on 2008 printserver”
Here’s another issue I encountered during my work at Citrix which I wrote a KB article for.
The issue is when an application is assigned to a worker group and the membership is changed of that worker group the application launch fails.
Change Worker Group assignments
When an application is assigned to a worker group and the membership is changed of that worker group the following symptoms are visible:
Resolution
Install the hotfix in CTX135783 – Hotfix XA650R01W2K8R2X64052 – For Citrix XenApp 6.5 for Windows Server 2008 R2 – English to fix this error.
Original post on the Citrix knowledgebase.